The report by the Federal Trade Commission was highly anticipated by the online industry and privacy advocates, with a big chunk of an expected $25.7 billion in U.S. online ad spending this year hanging in the balance. In the end, the report offered only modest changes to a 2007 federal policy on the practice known as behavioral advertising. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.